A hundred years of rabies in Kenya and the strategy for eliminating dog-mediated rabies by 2030 [version 1; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

A hundred years of rabies in Kenya and the strategy for eliminating dog-mediated rabies by 2030 [version 1; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Background: Rabies causes an estimated 59,000 human deaths annually. In Kenya, rabies was first reported in a dog in 1912, with the first human case reported in 1928. Here we examine retrospective rabies data in Kenya for the period 1912 – 2017 and describe the spatial and temporal patterns of rabie...

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Main Authors: Austine O Bitek, Eric Osoro, Peninah M Munyua, Mark Nanyingi, Yvonne Muthiani, Stella Kiambi, Mathew Muturi, Athman Mwatondo, Rees Muriithi, Sarah Cleaveland, Katie Hampson, M. Kariuki Njenga, PM Kitala, SM Thumbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2018-07-01
Series:AAS Open Research
Online Access:https://aasopenresearch.org/articles/1-23/v1

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